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Gill's Exposition
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,.... As a token of mourning, Gen 37:34;
and horror shall cover them: either the horror of a guilty conscience, or the perpetual dread and terror of the…
Adam Clarke
All knees shall be weak as water - Calmet understands this curiously: La frayeur dont on sera saisi, fera qu'on ne pourra retenir son urine. D'autres l'expliquent d'une autre souillure plus honteuse.…
We have attended the fate of those that are cut off, and are now to attend the flight of those that have an opportunity of escaping the danger; some of them shall escape (Eze 7:16), but what the…
Cambridge Bible
The description returns from the condition of the fugitives to that of the besieged. Prostration and despair seizes them. The figures of the hands "hanging down," and the knees becoming "water" are…
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